Communist leader Ho Chi Minh declared the independence of Vietnam on this day in 1945. This occurred soon ...

Communist leader Ho Chi Minh declared the independence of Vietnam on this day in 1945. This occurred soon after the Japanese capitulation at the end of World War II. Namely, Vietnam had previously bee ...

Archduchess Elisabeth Maria of Austria, the only daughter of Crown Prince Rudolf and the granddaughter of ...

Archduchess Elisabeth Maria of Austria, the only daughter of Crown Prince Rudolf and the granddaughter of the famous Emperor Francis Joseph, was born on this day in 1883. Rudolf was the only son of Fr ...

Japan signed a formal capitulation aboard the USS Missouri. The signatories were Japanese foreign ministe ...

Japan signed a formal capitulation aboard the USS Missouri. The signatories were Japanese foreign minister Shigemitsu and chief of High Command general Umezu, and American general MacArthur. It is int ...

Napoleon's younger brother Louis Bonaparte was born on this day in 1778. His son Napoleon III would later ...

Napoleon's younger brother Louis Bonaparte was born on this day in 1778. His son Napoleon III would later become the Emperor of France and thus continue the lineage (Napoleon I's own son never truly b ...

On this day in 459 St. Simeon Stylites, a well-known ascetic, died. He reportedly spent the last 37 or 39 ...

On this day in 459 St. Simeon Stylites, a well-known ascetic, died. He reportedly spent the last 37 or 39 years living on a small platform on the top of a pillar (the saint's name is derived from “Sty ...